Symbiosis

|Chapter 17|

POV 3rd Person(Leo):

Leo always had a routine to his mornings, he did anything he could do to stay sane...

He had to, for the kids...

For Mikey...

Staring at the reflection in his blade, Leo cleaned the blade with a water-soaked rag, cleaned every speck of dirt, but as he stared at the reflection in the blade, Leo analyzed the new look he saw, his eyes were beginning to change from white into a tinge of pink, purple veins crawled from the furthers part of his eyes, almost reaching from the iris itself, however, the color of his iris stayed the same, his left eyes shined its brilliant midnight blue and the other shined its bright crimson red. 

Leo wanted to see how far the pink reached, pressing his finger on his upper lid, he pulled back his eyelid, the pink reached as far as Leo could see, but the farther it went the darker the pink became almost changing into a purple. However, that wasn't the only thing that changed, his fingers grew longer, and his nails were elongated and pointed at the end, yet no matter how hard he tried the nails wouldn't snap, whether he chewed on them, ground them on a rock, or even cut them with his sword, nothing would work. Hooking his finger on his cheek, Leo pulled at his cheek, he took a look inside his mouth, his teeth changed, sharpened to a point, Leo ran his tongue along his teeth, they weren't as sharp as Raph's but they could still do damage. 

But there was one change Leo didn't see through the reflection, fins grew out of Leo's shell twitching with every single movement he made, these fins were a new sense Leo gained, it's strange that he's now more aware of his surroundings whether he's moving or not, he can sense everything around him, he can see the monsters hundreds of feet away, maybe even farther, with this Leo knows where everything is, even if they make no sounds, yet ever since he found out about them, he became self-conscious...Leo used any of the materials he found to cover the fins, he never wanted the kids to see them, 'I'm not a monster...I'm...not...right?'.

 but the strangest change he noticed was the lines on each side of his neck. Leo ran his fingers along the lines only for his finger to fit under a flap, Leo pulled his hand away from his neck, and stared at the reflection in his swords, staring at the lines, 'What are theses-'

"Hey, papa...", Leo's body flinched, shaking his head, Leo looked up from his sword and stared as Jay laid on his belly, dragging a rock across the ground, the lines were hard to see, but Jay could still see what he made, having the time of his life. Leo used a clean rag he stole as he continued to clean the blade and hummed, letting Jay know he was listening, "Papa?"

"Yes?"

"When will Kris Kris walk like me?", looking up from his sword, Leo placed the blade off to the side, and grabbed the next sword, staring at Jay, Leo tried so hard not to laugh, covering his mouth, Leo only snorted, 'He has to be joking- he has to!-', he wasn't joking, Jay's face was blank, "Well, uhhhh hey system, I need help-"

Jay can you hear me

Jay pushed up from the ground and crawled straight for Leo's lap, placing the sword off to the side, looking up towards the sky, 'its almost time for patrol...', Jay sat in the little bowl Leo's legs made, "Yes ma'am, Mama!", compared to Leo and...Angie, they never got this excited over simple questions, they always wondered, and if they really needed answers neither could answer, they would ask the system, but Jay, he always seemed so excited to talk to the system, "System remember, keep it simple for him-"

"When will Kris Kris walk like me?"

Well

Jay you're a frog right?

Jay nodded his head as he leaned in closer towards the wrist device.

Well Jay

When frogs are babies